Asia
Author: Alan, 5B4AHJ
The March 1948 issue of QST announced the addition of Pakistan to the ARRL Countries List, but, unfortunately, does not state t...
Sat, 1 Nov, 2014 at 10:18 AM
Pratas Island, aka Dongsha or Tung Sha Dao, was added to the DXCC countries list In December 1995. QSOs count for Pratas from 1994-01-01.
The followin...
Sun, 17 Jan, 2016 at 11:58 AM
The EK prefix was used for special event callsigns throughout the USSR from the early 1980s until the early 1990s.
Inspection of the Club Log QSO databa...
Mon, 25 May, 2015 at 8:10 AM
There are many pirate operations from Iran, prefixes EP, EQ, 9B, 9C, 9D. Iran is a whitelisted DXCC entity for QSOs from 2019-01-01. The callsigns b...
Tue, 16 Apr, 2024 at 9:14 AM
The first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix was held in India the weekend of 28-30 October, 2011. To mark this event, Indian radio amateurs were authorised to app...
Sun, 9 Feb, 2014 at 10:16 AM
Author: Alan, 5B4AHJ JB prefix The JB prefix has not been used since 1963. The JB8 prefix was used for a few days in August, 1963, by a DXpedition ...
Thu, 14 Dec, 2017 at 8:35 AM
The Maldive Islands are a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south in the Indian Ocean (tnx Wikipedia). All but one of the twenty-six at...
Tue, 2 Dec, 2014 at 6:07 AM
Author: Alan, 5B4AHJ
Following American occupation of Okinawa and and the surrounding Ryukyu Islands from 1945-1952, which, in turn, was followed by US...
Tue, 28 Nov, 2017 at 3:39 PM
Palestine After the end of WW II, stations operating in Palestine were issued ZC6 callsigns by the British administration. These callsigns were mainly issu...
Thu, 26 Oct, 2017 at 8:35 AM
Author: Alan 5B4AHJ The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) was accepted into the United Nations in 1991. In July, 199...
Sat, 27 Jun, 2020 at 8:54 AM